We are seeking a highly accomplished Senior Systems Testing/QA Specialist for an enterprise-level contract opportunity based in Toronto. In this role, you will take on a premier technical capacity within the quality engineering stream, providing strategic advice on testing methodologies, design frameworks, and tool selection for large, complex, and business-critical software systems.
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As a senior specialist, you will act as a primary guardian of system integrity, bridging the gap between core backend database systems and frontend interfaces. Operating entirely onsite, you will plan and organize end-to-end testing efforts, engineer automated validation frameworks, manage complete defect lifecycles, and perform intensive data reconciliation to ensure high-performance delivery across custom and commercial application architectures.
Location: Toronto, ON
Assignment Type: Onsite (5 days/week)
Contract Duration: 15 months (with potential for extension)
Advantages
Advanced Automation & Tooling: Design and code modern automated test scripts using premier suites like Selenium, Playwright, Postman, and the Micro Focus product family.
Deep Database Interrogation: Expand your technical footprint by writing complex queries to validate backend data integrity, migrations, and transformation schemas.
Full-Lifecycle Testing Scope: Own the complete testing spectrum, including functional, integration, regression, load, performance, and user acceptance testing (UAT).
Extended Career Runway: Establish yourself within a highly visible enterprise tier featuring a stable 15-month timeline and an active pipeline for contract extension.
Responsibilities
QA Strategy & Advisory: Provide senior-level technical advice on master testing strategies, execution schedules, test automation plans, and the precise resources required for software validation.
Test Plan Engineering: Architect comprehensive test plans, explicit test cases, expected outcomes, and robust test scenarios for complex, rule-driven business systems.
Data Reconciliation & Validation: Perform exhaustive backend database validation and data analysis, executing complex queries to check data integrity, accuracy, and consistency across system components.
Automation Framework Integration: Code, maintain, and execute automated test scripts across multiple platforms, integrating testing routines directly into active CI/CD deployment pipelines.
Multi-Tier Execution: Plan and coordinate multi-tiered testing efforts in both Graphical User Interface (GUI) and non-GUI environments, including system level integration (SIT), functional, and regression cycles.
Defect Lifecycle Governance: Enforce established bug tracking protocols, systematically identifying, documenting, and prioritizing software anomalies using enterprise tracking software.
Performance & Scale Benchmarking: Create and execute load, stress, and performance scripts to evaluate software limits, isolate systemic bottlenecks, and assess overall system scalability.
Agile Forum Collaboration: Partner closely with developers, business analysts, and project managers inside Agile environments, participating actively in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and reviews.
Accessibility Compliance Guarding: Evaluate software interfaces and forms using specialized validation tools to ensure strict alignment with provincial digital accessibility guidelines and standards.
Documentation & Asset Management: Maintain detailed metrics of test results, coverage maps, and quality parameters while providing technical input for user manuals and formal release notes.
Qualifications
Core Technical & Testing Requirements
Enterprise QA Experience: Proven track record in planning, organizing, and executing multi-phase testing solutions for large, complex, and business-critical software platforms.
Data Interrogation & Oracle Skills: Solid hands-on experience in data analysis, transformation testing, and data reconciliation, backed by a good working knowledge of Oracle database tools and SQL query scripting.
Testing & Problem Tracking Suite: High proficiency utilizing enterprise defect management and testing tools, including Jira, Bugzilla, Azure DevOps, Playwright, and the Micro Focus/OpenText Product Suite.
Automation & Scripting Depth: Practical experience coding automated test scripts (utilizing frameworks like Selenium, Cypress, TestComplete, or Postman) alongside familiarity with scripting languages (such as Python or JavaScript).
System Integration & UAT Mastery: Comprehensive understanding of structured methodologies spanning all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC), with demonstrated success supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
Preferred & Desirable Capabilities
Rules Engine & Platform Familiarity: Technical experience working with web-based 3-tier software platforms, custom solutions, and Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) applications (such as those incorporating IBM J-Rules engines).
Accessibility Testing Expertise: Hands-on experience performing digital accessibility testing utilizing standard tools such as JAWS, NVDA, WAVE, or Compliance Sheriff to meet AODA/WCAG 2.0 AA regulations.
Performance Tooling Savvy: Functional knowledge of developing performance test scripts using tools like JMeter or LoadRunner.
Public Sector Acumen: Prior experience delivering IT quality assurance or testing services within a structured public sector framework, government or agency setting is highly preferred.
Professional Soft Skills
Cross-Functional Coordination: Exceptional capability to coordinate multiple technical teams representing various corporate streams to achieve a unified solution.
Analytical Problem Solving: Superior critical thinking, analytical, and decision-making skills to resolve complex data and software defects within tight delivery windows.
Communication Excellence: Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with proven presentation, interpersonal, and negotiation abilities.
Summary
If you're interested in the Senior Systems Testing/QA Specialist role based in Toronto, we encourage you to apply online at www.randstad.ca. Only qualified candidates will be contacted for the next steps. We look forward to hearing from you!
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
This posting is for existing and upcoming vacancies.
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We are seeking a highly accomplished Senior Systems Testing/QA Specialist for an enterprise-level contract opportunity based in Toronto. In this role, you will take on a premier technical capacity within the quality engineering stream, providing strategic advice on testing methodologies, design frameworks, and tool selection for large, complex, and business-critical software systems.
As a senior specialist, you will act as a primary guardian of system integrity, bridging the gap between core backend database systems and frontend interfaces. Operating entirely onsite, you will plan and organize end-to-end testing efforts, engineer automated validation frameworks, manage complete defect lifecycles, and perform intensive data reconciliation to ensure high-performance delivery across custom and commercial application architectures.
Location: Toronto, ON
Assignment Type: Onsite (5 days/week)
Contract Duration: 15 months (with potential for extension)
Advantages
Advanced Automation & Tooling: Design and code modern automated test scripts using premier suites like Selenium, Playwright, Postman, and the Micro Focus product family.
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Deep Database Interrogation: Expand your technical footprint by writing complex queries to validate backend data integrity, migrations, and transformation schemas.
Full-Lifecycle Testing Scope: Own the complete testing spectrum, including functional, integration, regression, load, performance, and user acceptance testing (UAT).
Extended Career Runway: Establish yourself within a highly visible enterprise tier featuring a stable 15-month timeline and an active pipeline for contract extension.
Responsibilities
QA Strategy & Advisory: Provide senior-level technical advice on master testing strategies, execution schedules, test automation plans, and the precise resources required for software validation.
Test Plan Engineering: Architect comprehensive test plans, explicit test cases, expected outcomes, and robust test scenarios for complex, rule-driven business systems.
Data Reconciliation & Validation: Perform exhaustive backend database validation and data analysis, executing complex queries to check data integrity, accuracy, and consistency across system components.
Automation Framework Integration: Code, maintain, and execute automated test scripts across multiple platforms, integrating testing routines directly into active CI/CD deployment pipelines.
Multi-Tier Execution: Plan and coordinate multi-tiered testing efforts in both Graphical User Interface (GUI) and non-GUI environments, including system level integration (SIT), functional, and regression cycles.
Defect Lifecycle Governance: Enforce established bug tracking protocols, systematically identifying, documenting, and prioritizing software anomalies using enterprise tracking software.
Performance & Scale Benchmarking: Create and execute load, stress, and performance scripts to evaluate software limits, isolate systemic bottlenecks, and assess overall system scalability.
Agile Forum Collaboration: Partner closely with developers, business analysts, and project managers inside Agile environments, participating actively in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and reviews.
Accessibility Compliance Guarding: Evaluate software interfaces and forms using specialized validation tools to ensure strict alignment with provincial digital accessibility guidelines and standards.
Documentation & Asset Management: Maintain detailed metrics of test results, coverage maps, and quality parameters while providing technical input for user manuals and formal release notes.
Qualifications
Core Technical & Testing Requirements
Enterprise QA Experience: Proven track record in planning, organizing, and executing multi-phase testing solutions for large, complex, and business-critical software platforms.
Data Interrogation & Oracle Skills: Solid hands-on experience in data analysis, transformation testing, and data reconciliation, backed by a good working knowledge of Oracle database tools and SQL query scripting.
Testing & Problem Tracking Suite: High proficiency utilizing enterprise defect management and testing tools, including Jira, Bugzilla, Azure DevOps, Playwright, and the Micro Focus/OpenText Product Suite.
Automation & Scripting Depth: Practical experience coding automated test scripts (utilizing frameworks like Selenium, Cypress, TestComplete, or Postman) alongside familiarity with scripting languages (such as Python or JavaScript).
System Integration & UAT Mastery: Comprehensive understanding of structured methodologies spanning all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC), with demonstrated success supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
Preferred & Desirable Capabilities
Rules Engine & Platform Familiarity: Technical experience working with web-based 3-tier software platforms, custom solutions, and Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) applications (such as those incorporating IBM J-Rules engines).
Accessibility Testing Expertise: Hands-on experience performing digital accessibility testing utilizing standard tools such as JAWS, NVDA, WAVE, or Compliance Sheriff to meet AODA/WCAG 2.0 AA regulations.
Performance Tooling Savvy: Functional knowledge of developing performance test scripts using tools like JMeter or LoadRunner.
Public Sector Acumen: Prior experience delivering IT quality assurance or testing services within a structured public sector framework, government or agency setting is highly preferred.
Professional Soft Skills
Cross-Functional Coordination: Exceptional capability to coordinate multiple technical teams representing various corporate streams to achieve a unified solution.
Analytical Problem Solving: Superior critical thinking, analytical, and decision-making skills to resolve complex data and software defects within tight delivery windows.
Communication Excellence: Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with proven presentation, interpersonal, and negotiation abilities.
Summary
If you're interested in the Senior Systems Testing/QA Specialist role based in Toronto, we encourage you to apply online at www.randstad.ca. Only qualified candidates will be contacted for the next steps. We look forward to hearing from you!
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
This posting is for existing and upcoming vacancies.
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